Wildcats Fall in Tucson Regional Opener

Friday, May 31

Tucson, Ariz.

6:00 PM MST

University of Arizona

36-22

Grand Canyon

35-23

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Grand Canyon	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	9	8	0
Arizona	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	7	0

Photo by: Arizona Athletics

05/31/2024 | Baseball

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By: Arizona Athletics

TUCSON, Ariz. —The Arizona Wildcats (36-22) dropped their opening game in the Tucson NCAA Regional on Friday night on a final score of 9-4 to the Grand Canyon Antelopes (35-23).

The gates of Hi Corbett Field welcomed a record 8,798 fans through the gates on Friday night, a capacity crowd.

Shortstop Mason White (2-for-4, 2B) and center fielder Brendan Summerhill (1-for-3, 2 BB) led the way for Arizona on offense, reaching base a combined five times.

Starting pitcher Clark Candiotti (7-4) was tagged with the loss for the Wildcats; the right-hander punched out five across six innings of work.

Arizona looks to keep their season going in an elimination game against Dallas Baptist on Saturday afternoon.

Arizona WildBATS

SS Mason White: 2-for-4, R, 2B
CF Brendan Summerhill: 1-for-3, RBI, 2 BB

Bullpen Bullies

LHP Eric Orloff: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 K

Numbers of the Night

Friday night's attendance of 8,798 is the largest crowd in Arizona Baseball's Hi Corbett Field history.

Photo of the Night

Social Media Coverage

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Speed kills!! ??????? @BrendanSummerh1 legs out an infield single and the Cats take the lead!

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Next Up

Arizona and Dallas Baptist square off in an elimination game on Saturday afternoon at Hi Corbett Field. First pitch on ESPN+ is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. MST.